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Historical Event on 12/16/1921

Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
12/29/1927Hakim Ajmal Khan, freedom fighter, litterateur and a true patriot, died.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.
4/10/1760Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.
10/20/1999The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
6/20/1995Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.